Tagliabue: “if women are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, no reason they can’t play football” #sportandsociety

Tagliabue cited a report concerned with the cost of participation in youth sports #sportandsociety

Paul Tagliabue: “we need more college degrees and majors in sports leadership and coaching” #sportandsociety

Tagliabue: “team sports are all about community”; cited Green Bay and New Orleans #sportandsociety

Tagliabue showed a football he used on streets of Jersey City in the 50s; rolled up newspaper wrapped in electrical tape #sportandsociety

Paul Tagliabue: “though I was NFL commissioner, basketball was my sport growing up and in college” #sportandsociety

Mark Murphy: “Paul Tagliabue most known for many years of labor peace in the NFL” #sportandsociety

#sportandsociety conference about to get underway at @stnorbert; Paul Tagliabue will give keynote